Cleveland Museum of Art

Hemidrachm: Bull's Head (obverse); Head of Artemis (reverse)

Date

c. 485–480 BCE

Medium

silver

Culture

Greek, probably minted at Phokikon (Phokis)

Department

Greek and Roman Art

Institution

Cleveland Museum of Art

The head of a bull, its characteristic star-like fur and bulbous eyes particularly noticeable, dominates the obverse of this coin. On the reverse is Artemis, whose hair is curled back in the krobylos style using a hairnet. The unusual lines above Artemis’s nose and below her chin suggest that the reverse may have been struck with the same design twice. The punches in Artemis’s neck were probably made to check the metal quality.

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